ANNOUNCEMENTS!!!

Announcement ONE:

NJ ANGKLUNG ENSEMBLE AND HARMONICA BAND?
PROUDLY PRESENTS...
ECLECTIC
14TH JULY 2006
FRIDAY
LT 5
7PM
$6

PLS HURRY TO YOUR NEAREST ANGKLUNG MEMBER(preferably me! hehe:P)TO GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!
A _______________ EXPERIENCE AWAITS... (blank to be filled after the concert...)

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Announcement TWO:

Please do come and join in the fun!
A fun-filled day of activities organized jointly by the 36th to 39th AQUA HAT specially for you to distress! All are welcome to come join us in activites such as kayaking, soccer, touchrugby, dodgeball, and other interactive games, finally ending the day off with a BBQ & an overnight chalet!

Meeting place & time:

ECP Food centre, beside the big lagoon at 10am

Please bring:

1. Sufficient water
2. Sunblock,
3. sunglasses,
4. cap, visors,
5. Phone,
6. camera (At your own risk)
7. A backpack to carry everything
8. Enough money (About $20 for food, kayaking, etc)
9. A pair of wet shoes or old shoes for kayaking
10. A change of clothes, toiletries, towel, etc (If staying for chalet)
11. Please bring a raincoat, jacket, poncho or umbrella in case of rain

If you choose to go by yourself,

31, 43, 48, 196, 197, 853 from Bedok Mrt Station.Drop off at bus stop opposite Eastern Lagoon 2.From bus stop opposite Eastern Lagoon 2, follow the pavement outside the condos, and go through underpass and walk over the overhead expressway, then walk to the bike rental area next to the food centre, near the huge open field in Area E.


6 bucks pax or 12 bucks (comes with BBQ) or 16 bucks(comes with bbq and overnight stay)

Thank you! (:

how time flies...

see! i am updating! its is ONLY 17 days since my last entry! hahas:) you will have to expect a larger time gap nxt time for various reasons, i suppose... ...

it is quite unbelievable how time just race by w/o us realising it. 5 mths... FIVE MONTHS! that's how long i have been in nj, how long i have been in angklung, how long i have been in aqua, how long that i have last seen my fellow secondary school mates... ... reminisce reminiscence...

This june holidays is to a certain extent neccessary to me, or it seemed, i will nvr be able to catch up with my sch work again...it has been lagging aft elects' camp, how precious weekends are! nevertheless, these june holidays will be filled with lots of work and play. winner will be happy to note that the most updated of my homework wld be Maths followed by chemistry though i am abit clueless abt wat's happening now, with all the chem bondg popping out now and again, and all that exceptions and twists a simple chem qn can take... ...is mass studying seesions helpful??? perhaps once in a while and preferably with a moderator present---someone who shushes everyone to silence... ...the subject that i am most lagging in is physics... ...aft kinematics i was lost...until forces and motion in a circle, that was where i picked up again, but kinematics and dynamics is still in a state similar to that of a mesh of wires, so confused.

hmms... during the period of these 17 days which i didnt blog, many significant things happened, like my transition from elect to a full-fledged councillor, and my new duties as a AQUA hse coordinator,...many ppl was shocked, i guess. Did anyone expect that to happen? my first sports day in nj, my first duty as a hse coordinator during sports day... then, there's angklung elections, did anyone expect me to run or otherwise? hmmms, i dont noe... the interview was interesting, some ppl's comment after that was that they shoot u alot, but what exactly is their interpretation of the word "shoot"? to me, it means asking unreasonable qns, things that are illogical...i mean, in an interview, it is quite normal to have some qns that u dont have the knowledge or ability to provide an ans to... ...i guess the main thing is to be urself. For everything that i mentioned during the interview, i stand by it, believe in it, have always thought it, am accountable to it. hmms the nxt stag wld be the interview stage, aarghs! dislike elections! all that talking... ... nvm just random musings...

i read constance msg to everyone esp the jnrs...ideally, achievements in academics arent suppose to be our main goals in life, our values and lifestyles are not supposed to be based on them, yet they play such a significant role in determining our futures... how CONTRADICTORY the world is! yupps and we shd treasure the people around us, life never turns out the way it shd be... ... gosh! i have become so philosphical and pensive these days...

HOHOHO

YAY! Angklung performance was great fun, although Constance keeps shouting: "Noreen! Keep quiet!" and the rest of the angklungnites followed suit! humph! they all bully me de! hahas... ... but nvm i shall be a nice girl and forgive all of you! lol.

Before i talked on about Angklung's performance at Esplanade, i would like to thank everyone who was concerned for me due to my previous entry....No, i am not sad or depressed. A more suitable word would be PENSIVE. i recognise my mistakes and shortcomings and am trying constantly to improve on them. Sometimes, after doing something, i realise how dumb my actions was and... ... and what i said in my previous entry IS true, i find that i am lacking in confidence most things that i do, i think the key problem is in it is okay to make mistakes, even big mistakes, just make sure u learn from it... ...yupps :)

okays back to angklung performance, it was one exciting but tiring performance man! anyways, i think i still havent got the hang of shaking the angklung hard enough and long enough for cresendos! aahs i shd go build on my wrist strength man! I certainly can tell the improvement that the J1s have made during the performance, everyone was much more confident of their own note and everything is beginning to fall in place nicely.... our seniors keep emphasizing on feel...feeeeeeeeeel the muuuuuuuusic...................flow.......hahas, all these reminds me of AQUA...water.....

it was great to feel the adrenaline rush while playing and after that, the exhilaration of having done a good job... ...i guess this performance have somehow bonded Angklung as a whole, intra-levels and inter-levels.... ....i will definitely miss the seniors when they step-down......such a sad notion.......especially my fellow 4 normal senior ilona.............without her around i will be stressed to perform well, cos she plays so well, and no one to cover all my mistakes any longer! aaaaaaaaaaaahs

reflections

somehow, i have lost confidence in myself...
... i am no longer sure of my own abilities anymore.
perhaps all i need is time to pick up again... ...
i suppose, u can say that i am someone who falls hard when i made a mistake...i cringe inside....aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhs....i shd relax.......YOGA! hahas........ooooooooooommmmmmm

elects camp!

elects camp was a really great experience...when ppl asked me how was it, i said: " tiring, but fun". however, these three words are actually inadequate to describe my feelings for the camp...how i learned so much for my seniors, the efforts that our seniors have put into the camp to make these 3 days real meaningful, how each and every activity has its own significance, how i bonded with my team mates, how i grew from the the start till the end of the camp, the horrible mistakes that i made and how i learned...........i suppose u can say that the camp was a life-changing, impactful experience...


to quote grace's blog:
"Everything done in the camp serves to train and instill in the 39th Student Council what that was required to last through our term. It is through this camp, that I've seen what Council really is. Its not just another CCA, nor is it like being in prefectorial board. It asks for more.Trust.Cooperation.Determination.Unity.Discipline.Support.And more."

We are not 69 elects,
WE ARE ONE COUNCIL....
we think, move even speak as ONE BODY.

for everything that the seniors have done. i want to say BIG
THANK YOU!
SPECIAL THANKS TO GRP 4 SENIORS FOR BEING SUCH GOOD TEACHERS:
ADINIA
ERIC
AZHAR
DISMAS
LING HUI
XINYI
ANITHA
SOK HUANG
VERONICA